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Thursday, March 29, 2012

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My spools of ribbon are in a soft sided canvas box in my bookshelf unit and the bits and pieces are grouped by color on safety pins which are attached to key rings and hang off of a floor lamp near my craft desk.

Bits and pieces are in a huge fishbowl. Ribbon still on a spool or new is stored in a three-drawer cart by color so that when I open the drawer I can see what I am looking for immediately. What I want to do is get a gutter and have it cut the length of my shelves, mounted, and transfer the spools to the gutter for even better visibility.

I have ribbon scraps in clear jars (Making Memories), and I have ribbon in spools and on cards in one Sterilite drawer, organized by color (sort of). And there's also a ribbon holder that I got from my inlaws a few years ago - it has dowels on a base...but it's not nearly big enough for all my ribbon!

My DH made a rack to store my larger wired ribbon where I can just pull the end and it spins for easy access. He used scrap wood pieces and thin poles that are mounted on my craft room wall. I also use a pants/clothes hanger to store my smaller spools of ribbons. It has 4 bars with easy access to remove empty spools and holds about between 50-70 spools depending on the width of the spools.

I have a rack with some doll rods hanging across the spools of ribbons hang on. This stills on my shelf in my craft room. The remaining of my ribbons spools are in a container. I have a lot of ribbon. :) Then my scrap ribbon is placed in a glass jar with a lid. Similar to this pinterest pin i was inspired by the store my scraps this way.http://pinterest.com/pin/8796161742321061/

I bought a wall hanging wood bookshelf... took out the selves made holes on each end and put a wood rod thru the holes. The self unit had three selves so you get three rods (or more depending on how you want to space them). Another way I store the ribbons I use more often is also with a wooden piece which I think is for placing hats on. The base has a heart shape with a rod in the middle. I fit eight spools of ribbon I use most often and close by.

Currently have my ribbon all over. Have some in flat (1.5'x3')plastic container that fit under the bed. Also have some in deep 2'x3' plastic containers. Then the small cardbacked ribbons are in a drawer. Looking forward to seeing how some of you store yours. So I can get ideas for that too! :D

I have some in a handcrafted ribbon holder. That was enough in the early years but now I have 3 craft storage shelves that include ribbon rods. My small scraps are in an ivy bowl and my longer scraps hang over a dowl rod.

I just worked on my ribbon storage. On spools, I have storage bin with dowels holding the spools and the ribbon sticking through the holes of the bin (pinterest inspired). For loose ribbon in jars (Adam's peanut butter jars).

I bought some dowl rods (don't know if I spelled that correctly). Most of my ribbon is on spools so I put the spools on the rods and stand them in a corner by my work space. (I'm up to 4 rods now.) I wish I could mount them somewhere but I don't have extra wall space so they sit close to me.

Currently, my ribbons are i boxes, but as soon as I get my studio set up in our new home, I'll have them on dowel rods, in antique jars, and some in baskets, depending what type of ribbon it is. I like to wrap ribbon pieces around antique spools.

I store some of it on dowel rods in my washroom, some in mason jars and some in tic tac containers....it all depends on the quantity I have of it. I saw the tic tac container idea on Pinterest...Love it!!

I store my ribbon hanging from a rod using binder rings and safety pins. It's cheap and holds a ton of ribbons and trims. I even have a pair of scissors hanging next to it so I can quickly snip off what I need. Everyone who sees it loves how simple it is.

I have the regular size rolls in an Art Bin storage container on my shelf with other Art Bins. It has compartments that hold several rolls. The small size rolls are in jars on my bookcase. I like using Peanut Butter plastic jars for storing ribbons. I also have a Clip-it-up on the wall for my larger rolls.

I'm drowning in ribbons! I went through this stage where I literally bought every ribbon made in every shade, texture and size! Currently, its in a disarray! I've got them in a big 3-drawer sterilite drawer, while others are stuffed in bags...somewhere and the itty bitty cute ones are in glass jars I have lining my shelves. It sounds horrible, but its only because I'm currently sharing my space with my husband!

I store them in several different ways. Scraps are in a large glass jar. Spools are in the ribbon organizer that I bought from Scrapbook.com (what a bargain too - regularly $49.99 - got it for $19.99) Others are kept in my Making Memories wall units. I LOVE RIBBON!

I have my longer lengths of ribbon on the "ribbon ring" system of storage coordinated by colour. I love that you can see at a glance what you have,and the ribbon doesn't get wrinkled. Shorter lengths and spools are in a box with slots that you pull a piece through. Bits under 5" long I keep in a clear box. Sharonaka celticrafter

All of my ribbon are stored on Dowel rods ... but when I get my new house and new scrap room all the ribbon is going into drawers where it can be picked up and cut and place back in a drawer from dust!

Believe it or not I used to be a Mary Kay consultant and I had this big "tackle box" used for sample products. I hung on to it and finally realized it's great for ribbon. Big rolls are stored inside and cut lengths are stored in the too section that has many cubby holes. I can pick the whole case up to browse through and my goal is to never exceed the storage capacity. Keeps my stash in check.

I have cut pieces of cardboard in equal sizes, about 8 x 4. Then I wrap all of my ribbon around these pieces, which each hold about 10 different ribbons. I try to wrap similar colors around the same piece of cardboard.

I store the small pieces in a large glass container and the spools are on a wall hook that has 5 arms on it. I tie a ribbon to each arm and put the ribbon through the holes of the ribbon spool. Somewhat hard to explain, but it works great. I have three of those 5 arms hooks and it is easy to sort the ribbon by color or design, etc.

My ribbon stays on the rolls that I get them on because my husband built me 2 beautiful ribbon cabinets. Nicole Heady, owner of PTI, had her husband build her display racks and she posted the drawings, supply lists and some directions on her blog and my DH built them for me from her specs. You can find them on her blog. Here's the link and some pictures of her ribbon storage that I also have: http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/studio-ribbon-storage.html (you will need to copy paste)

NOTE: I seem to have a bit of a ribbon addiction...I keep several of them by color/pattern in stackable clear plastic bins. Once I ran out of those, I moved to storing all new ribbon purchases on old wrapping paper rolls and dowel rods in long underbed storage containers.

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